Minna city centre
Masquerade Dance From Anambra State
For more than a decade, Chief Okwudili Otti, an Onitsha-based businessman, has hosted the annual Igba Ama Otti (The…
Niger state, named after the great river
Only one state in Nigeria is named after the great Niger River, though it traverses 10 states. Niger State, created…
Owerri, a city steeped in hospitality
The area where the present-day city of Owerri is located had always been occupied since the 15th century, when the…
Lagos, a megacity by the lagoon
The earliest known inhabitants of the area where Lagos emerged in southwest Nigeria were the Awori clan of the Yoruba…
Providing Useful Knowledge About Nigeria
The primary objective of our website Thingsnigeria.com is to provide useful knowledge and information about Nigeria and Nigerians, Nigerian places…
Swange Musicians at Play
Swange is an urban dance style of the Tiv ethnic group in central Nigeria. Swange is rooted in Tiv traditional…
Kogi, a repository of colonial history
Kogi is a state in central Nigeria created in 1991, with Lokoja, one of the country’s most historic cities, as…
Lokoja, a meeting point of great rivers
The emergence of Lokoja as a modern Nigerian city has its origins in the African Colonial Expedition embarked on by…
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